Changeable key tag holder



Jan. 6, 1953 M. J. KOTTKE 2,624,139

CHANGEABLE KEY TAG HOLDER Filed Aug. 30, 1946 IN VEN TOR.

M4 Tan J K3771:

Patented Jan. 6!, 1953 lflgNlTED- STATES PATENT OFFICE I ApplicationAugust 30, 1946, Serial No. 693,998

3 Claims. 1

This invention relates to improvements in key tags and the like.

It is a primary object of the invention to provide a key tag which,among a variety of other uses, is particularly adapted to mark the keysof apartments or hotel rooms, or buildings listed with real estatefirms, the tag comprising fully exposed means identifying the address towhich the key pertains, and readily replaceable when the tag is employedto identify a different address. 7

Other and more specific objects will be better apparent in the light ofthe following disclosure of the invention.

Figure 1 is a view in perspective of a key tag embodying the invention.

Figure 2 shows the tag in longitudinal section,

Figure 3 is a view in front elevation showing a slightly modified tagopened for change of address.

My improved tag comprises a base sheet 4, apertured to receive the keychain '5, whereby key 6 is connected to the tag. The screw 1, threadedto a nut 8 in the base sheet 4, passes through cover sheet 9 and atablet of separable address slips I0, all of which are apertured toreceive the screw and engaged thereon as shown in Fig. 2. The coversheet 9 is preferably slightly shorter than the base sheet 4 but ofapproximately the same width. It is slotted at H to expose the tabletsheet H) which is uppermost. Through the slot any desired data, such asthe address indicated in the drawings, may be written in pencil or inkon the exposed top sheet of the tablet.

The cover sheet 9 projects beyond the tablet and is provided with snapfastener element I2 for which the base 4 carries a complementary elementsuch as that shown at B in Figure 3. The device of Figure 3 is identicalwith that shown in Figure l and Figure 2 save for the fact that in theFigure 3 construction the base is provided with a slot at [4 like theslot ll of the cover. Where this construction is employed there is notquite so much support as is provided by the imperforate base 4 for thelast sheets of the pad or tablet. However, the slotted base 40 permitsother notations, such as the name of the real estate firm, to be writtenon the lowermost sheet of the pad.

When it is desired to substitute a different address for that originallywritten on the top leaf of the pad, it is only necessary, in eitherconstruction, to unsnap the fastener element 12, thereby permitting thecover 8 to be swung outwardly upon the pivot provided by screw 1.Thereupon the top leaf N) may readily be pulled from screw 1, leaving afresh leaf exposed on which the new address may be written. The lowestleaf of the pad may be removed with equal facility in order to changethe data exposed through slot l4 in base 40. Where the entire pad mustbe replaced, the screw 1 is removed and threaded through the registeringopenings of a new pad of sheets.

The base and cover may conveniently be made of fiber, of plastic, or ofmetal.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising an elongated basemember provided at one of its ends with means for connecting the basemember to a device requiring identification, a pivot at the other end ofthe base member, a cover member shorter than the base member, whereby toexpose said means, said pivot comprising a nut embedded in one of saidmembers, a screw passing through the other of said members and engagedin the nut, said screw and nut being located near corresponding ends ofthe respective members, snap fastener elements embedded in the oppositeends of the respective members from the pivot and engaged in releasableeonnection, and a pad of paper sheets confined between said members andhaving apertures threaded upon such screw, the sheets of the pad beingotherwise free and at least one of said members being windowed to exposea sheet of said pad.

2. The device set forth in claim 1, in which both of said members arewindowed.

3. A tag comprising the combination with an elongated base member havingan apertured exposed end portion provided with means passing through theaperture for connection with a device to be identified, of an elongatedcover member superimposed on the base member and shorter than the basemember whereby to expose the apertured end of the base member, a nutimbedded in the base member beneath one end of the cover member, a screwstud passing through said end of the cover member and engaged in the nutof the base member, snap fastener elements respectively mounted in theother ends of the respective members for the quickly releasableconnection thereof, and a pad of sheets having apertures engaged on saidscrew stud and confined between said members, one of the members beingwindowed to expose a sheet of said pad and the said stud and fastenerelements and aperture being substantially aligned longitudinally of saidmembers.

MILTON J. KO'I'IKE'.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the Number 5patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Name Date Manasse July 1, 1913 Number 4 Name DateWinans Nov. 13, 1917 Patterson Nov. 25, 1919 Cunningham Mar. 7, 1922Buchan Jan. 30, 1923 Webster Apr. 3, 1923 Webber May 14, 1929 Biggs eta1 Jan. 19, 1932 Williams Nov. 28, 1939 Spencer Sept. 16, 1949 DovitchNov. 15, 1949

